Nigeria warns Iran over arms

Nigeria says it will take action against Iran if an investigation shows it broke international law and United Nations sanctions in an arms smuggling case.

The artillery rockets and other weapons, loaded in 13 shipping containers labelled as building supplies, were seized on October 26 at a port in Lagos.

An international cargo shipper has said one of its ships picked up the containers from Bandar Abbas in southern Iran.

Nigeria’s security service believes the arms were imported by local politicians to destabilise the country if they lost in hotly-contested upcoming elections.